An analysis of gaming activity, state of happiness, and mental well-being among UPRHS SHS Students

Date

6-2023

Academic Strand

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Strand

Adviser

Leandro Angelo Miguel L. Sanchez

Principal

Mabel S. Buela

Abstract

Video games continue to grow at an exponentially large rate, leading to its ever-growing consumption and market potential to sway buyers in playing games, resulting in enormous growth in more than 40 years, and revenues of hundred billions of dollars , and while the industry continuously booms, multiple studies have been conducted that playing video games can have negative or positive effects to a person, studies say that it may lead to addictions, sleep deprivation, etc; other studies claim that it can improve coordination, logical thinking, etc. In the study, the main goal is determining whether playing video games improve an individual’s mental well-being/happiness. Using the quantitative research method, two types of surveying were utilized to gather information, online and in-person surveys, and to easily reach our target sample of senior high school students. The questionnaire consists of: Happiness, utilizing the Oxford Happiness Questionnaire, Gaming Activity, and Mental Well-being of the students. In order to analyze the gathered data, the spearman rank-order was applied. After analysis, the students were generally happy and had better mental well-being even without video gaming. Other results include that gaming engagement does not have a relationship towards one’s happiness and mental well-being. Overall, playing video games does not show evidence that affects an individual’s happiness/well-being, but there are other factors such as lifestyle, social life that play more substantial roles in learning one’s happiness/mental well-being. However, this study only reaches a certain population of students and may not accurately represent other students’ experiences playing video games.

Language

English

LC Subject

Capstone

Location

University of the Philippines Rural High School

Document Type

Capstone

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